Editors note: In the summer of 2008, a tough turkey named Tom was terrorizing a Vineyard Haven neighborhood.

In Scotland they ran for their lives from the gallows of Queen Mary. She was the Catholic queen of Scotland, and they were the Scottish Protestant Nevin rebels.

There's a church in Tisbury that needs a window restored.

Mr. Editor: — It is rather late in the season for Camp-meeting letters, so I will call this a Camp-ground letter.

On a blustery November day, in choppy waters somewhere off the western shore of the Island, Capt. Otto Osmers winched in his first conch pot of the day. At its peak in 2011, 1.4 million pounds of conch were harvested in Dukes County, with a monetary value of over $3 million.

The Climate Cafe discussion about storm and emergency preparedness was led by local high school students on Sunday morning.

Glaura Paiva and Luke Laubscher were married on Sept. 17 at the West Chop Club.

Avery and Max Davies, of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Walker William Davies, born on Nov. 17.

Blossom and Adam Petkus, of Edgartown, announce the birth of a daughter, Willa Ann Petkus, born on Nov. 13.

Becca and Jeff LaMarche, of Edgartown, announce the birth of a daughter, Phoebe Judith LaMarche, born on Nov. 12 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.